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Pet rescue group's new home: Massapequa mall

Left to right: Elyse Matheis, a volunteer, holds

Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Left to right: Elyse Matheis, a volunteer, holds Tinkerbell and Dave Bernacchi, founder of Pets4Luv Foundation, holds Muffin in the cat room at the rescue group's new facility in the Westfield Sunrise Mall in Massapequa. Both cats are around 6 years old and can be adopted. ( (Feb.11, 2012)

David Bernacchi beamed Saturday, and not only because a black-and-white tuxedo cat wiggled in his arms as dozens more felines dozed around him.

Bernacchi, who founded an animal rescue organization, Pets4Life, more than two years ago, was at the opening of the animal rescue agency's new home in a former pet store inside Massapequa's Westfield Sunrise mall.

He appreciated the old space...

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